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Download full textThomas, Neal – 1993
Mislevy (1984, 1985) introduced an EM algorithm for estimating the parameters of a latent distribution model that is used extensively by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Second order asymptotic corrections are derived and applied along with more common first order asymptotic corrections to approximate the expectations required by…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics), Evaluation Methods
